Thursday, March 21, 2013

Spring Has Sprung...Has Your Writing Sprung?

Yesterday's weather was an invigorating start to Spring. There
is no turning back the calendar. Spring arrived as scheduled. Hibernation time
is over. Winter is over.

As I'm writing this post, two birds are
chirping their hearts out just outside my sunny desk window. It's as if their
tune signals "wake up and get moving". In Spring, more than any other
season, it's time to awaken your brain. Get all those words you have been
mulling over onto paper.

Signs of spring are evident everywhere.Memphis's
cityscape has sprung to life, seemingly overnight. Tulip, Dogwood, and Bartlett
Pear trees are in full bloom. Sunny yellow Forsythia bushes burst open in all
their beauty. Buttercups and surprise lilies appear through the dead drab
winter grass. The Spring rebirth reminds me that new beginnings abound. Is it
time to renew your writing?

One of the easiest ways to renew your
writing is to stop your current piece. Set it aside, temporarily. Yes, we all
have deadlines but hear me out. Let your current project rest for just a little
bitty bit. Now, start a new piece. Enter a short story contest. Do something
different. You may be astonished by the results. When you hit the submit button,
go back to your winter project. Those problem areas that had you in a winter
slump may magically disappear and spring you forward to completion.

Yes, I know not everyone has weather that is
Spring like. In fact the local TV weatherman just announced our area is under a
winter snow storm watch for tomorrow. In the words of Mark Twain, "In the
Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours."
Snow may return, but I know Spring is here. I'm taking my own advice and
writing a 2000 word short story.

Let's face it. The weather may not cooperate
with the fact that Spring is here. As Henry Van Dyke stated, "The first
day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference
between them is sometimes as great as a month." But know it's coming so
plan to be sprung by Spring this year. Change your writing project which will
recharge the winter hibernation of your brain.

"Spring is the time of plans and
projects." -Leo Tolstoy in "Anna Karenina"

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